Wheeled reciprocating toy.



A. Z. BAKER. WHEELED BECIPROCATING TOY.

APPLICATION FILED NOV. 28,1917- Patented May 7,1918.

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ALFRED Z. BAKER, OF NEW YORK, N. Y., ASSIGNOR T0 '1. B. TOY COMPANY, 035 NEWARK. NEW JERSEY.

WHEELED BECIPROGATING TOY.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented May "Z, 1918.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ALFRED Z. BAKER, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of the city of New York, borough of Manhattan, in the county and State of New.

York, have invented a new and Improved Wheeled Reciprocating Toy, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

My invention relates to a wheeled toy having identical stationary and reciprocating members with means thereon for simulating motion from either side of the stationary or the movable member when the reciprocating member is actuated by the motion of the wheels.

An object of the invention is to provide a simple, inexpensive and attractive toy.

I attain the above and other objects of my invention by the structure conventionally disclosed in the accompanying drawings, wherein similar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the views.

Figure 1 is an elevation of a toy embodying my invention, showing the reciprocating member in its raised position;

Fig. 2, a similar elevation showing the reciprocating member in its lowermost position' Fig. 3, an elevation of the other side from that shown in Fig. 1;

Fig. 4, a vertical section on line 4-4L, Flg. 1 and Fig. 5, a side elevation of the toy as it appears in operation.

Referring to the drawings, 6 is a carrier, preferably in the shape of a rectangular board, which is shown with the representation of an animal on its outer face. There are two openings 7 and 8 in said carrier which may represent various parts of theanimals body, depending on the character of the animal. As shown, the opening 7 represents one of the eyes of the animal and the opening 8 represents the mouth. Side members 9 are secured to the longitudinal edges ofthe carrier 6. These side members extend beyond one end and beyond the rear face of the carrier so as to provide a guide way for a member 10 which is free to slide between the side members on the carrier. The member 10 is prevented from moving to and from the carrier by staples 13 anchored in the side members 9. The member 10 carries on its outer surface the representation of an. animal, either similar to that shown as illustrated or a different one, if so desired. It has also a pair of openings 11 and 12 adapted to represent some part of the animals body; in this particular case representing an eye and mouth respectively.

A crank shaft or axle 14: is revolubly mounted in the end of the braces 9. To the projecting end of said axle, wheels 15 are secured. The carrier 6 has a socket 16 for receiving a stick 1'? to facilitate the propelling of the toy. A ring or loop 18 is provided on the crank. This loop engages the hooked end 19 of a rod 20 extending from the mem ber 10. The hooked end allows the ring or loop to move along the straight portion of the hooked end and thereby move the member 10 up and down during the rotation of the wheels.

The rear surfaces of both the carrier and member 10 are provided with means to cooperate with the openings in said carrier and member, as, for example, the pupil of an eye is drawn on each inner surface of the carrier and member 10 to cooperate with the eye openings 7 and 11 respectively. Each inner surface of the carrier and the member 10 is also provided with a flexible member 21 which extends through the mouth opening of the member and carrier respectively and which is intended to represent a tongue. The reciprocation of the member 10 during the rotation of the wheels simulates the movement of an eye and tongue of the animal represented on the outer faces of the carrier and member 10, no matter from which side the toy is viewed.

It is self-evident that a rigid member may be secured in place of the flexible member 21 in cases where the representation of the animal is different; also in place of representing the pupil of an eye on the rear faces of the carrier and the movable member 10, a rigid member may be secured to be actuated by the relative movement of the carrier and the movable member. I

While I have described the principle of operation, together with the device which I now consider to be the best embodiment thereof, I desire to have it understood that the device shown is merely illustrative and 7 that such changes may be made as are within the scope of the appended claims.

7 I claim:

1. In a toy of the class described, a. carrier, wheels for said carrier, an axle for said wheels having a crank, a member mounted to slide on the carrier, means connecting the slidable member to the crank,.:sa1d,carr1er and member having openings,and means secured to the inner surface of the carrier and member and projecting through the openings of the member and carrier respectively and adapted to be actuated by the'sliding movement of the member when the carrier is movedon its wheels.

2. In'a toy of the class described, a cari rier, wheels for said carrier, an axle for said Wheels having a crank, a member mounted to slide on the carrier, means connecting the sliding member to the crank, said carrier and member having predetermined representations on their. outer surfaces, and means carried by said carrier and member and projecting through the member and carrier respectively and adapted to be actuated by the movement of the slidingmember on the carrier.

3. In a toy of the class described, a carrier having wheels, a member slidably mounted on the carrier and operable by the movement of the wheels, said carrier and member each having an opening, and

means associated with the inner faces of the carrier and slidable member and cooperating with the opening in the member and carrier respectively during the movement of the sliding member on the carrier.

4:. In a toy of the class described, a carrier, wheels for the same, a member slidable along the carrier, means interposed between said member and Wheels for reciprocating the same on the carrier, said carrier and member having predetermined representations on their outer faces, sald carrier and member having openings forming part of the representation, and means secured to the inner faces of the carrier and member and projecting through the opening of the member and carrier respectively, said last mentioned. means becoming operable by the sliding movement of' the sliding member on the carrier.

5. In a wheeled toy of the class described, two proximate relatively sliding members each having a predetermined representation on its outer face, each of said membershaving openings, and means secured to each member projecting through the openings of the other becoming operative by the rela-V ,tive movement of said members.

6. In a wheeled toy of thezclass described, a pair of proximate relatively movable members, each of said members having an *of said rectangular member, rectangular member mounted to sl de on opening, and a flexible member secured to theinner face of each member and projecting through the opening of the other.

7. In a toy of the class described, a member having Wheels, a second member slidable along the first member and operable by the movement of the wheels, each of said members having an opemng, and a flexible member; secured to the inner face :of each member so that the flexible member on one projects through-the opening of the other.

8. In a toy of the class described, a substantially rectangularmember, braces on the longitudinal edges of. said member projecting below one end and beyond one face of said rectangular member,. a second rectangular member, mounted to slide on [the face of said first mentioned member be- .tween said braces, an axle having a :crank other the mouth of an animal, a flexible member secured to the inner surface of'the Vmovable member and projecting through the mouth opening of the wheeledunember, and a flexible -member secured to theinner surface of thewheeled member and pro- I jecting through the mouth opening of the -movablemember, the wheeled and movable members having the representation of an eye cooperating with I the eye :opening of v the other member.

101 In a toy of the'class described, a substantially rectangular ,member' having the representation-of an animal on-the outer ,face and a pair of openings through the body, one represent-ing aneye and the other the mouth 7 of an animal, braces on the longitudinal edges of said member extending belO\V"O1'lG end andbeyond the rear face a second the rear face of said first \mentionedmember/between said braces and having-the representation of an animal on the other face similar to the animal represented on the first mentioned" member, said second member having alsjo a palr of openmgs, one

representing an eye and the. other the mouth of an. animal, an axle having acrank revolubly mounted in the endsof the-(braces,

wheels for actuating said axle, a loop on the crank of the-axle, a rod extending from the second member and presenting a hook having a straight portion in engagement with said loop, said first member having means for receiving a stick for facilitating the operation of the toy, and a flexible member secured to the inner surface of the first and second mentioned members, the flexible member secured to the first mentioned member projecting through the opening of the second member, and the flexible member secured to the second member projecting through the mouth opening of the first mentioned member, the first and second mentioned members each having the representation of an eye on the inner face thereof cooperating With the eye opening of the other member.

ALFRED Z. BAKER.

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